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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top China based CEO’ operating in the Autonomous Vehicles space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Xudong Cao
Founder & CEO of Momenta
Founder and CEO of Momenta, formerly Executive Research Director at SenseTime, Researcher at Microsoft.
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About Momenta: Momenta is a developer of autonomous driving technology designed to improve efficiency.
Yifan Li
Co-Founder & CEO of Hesai Technology
Dr. Yifan ‘David’ Li receives his PhD in Robotics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and BS Degree from Tsinghua University. Prior to founding Hesai, Dr. Li served as the principal engineer at Western Digital Corporation in Silicon Valley, specializing in high speed high precision disk head motion control. Dr. Li has received multiple awards including World Economic Forum Global Shaper, CYZone 30 by 30, Shanghai’s Thousand Talents Plan, etc. In his spare time, he enjoys basketball, triathlon, and photography. His online travel blog exceeded tens of millions of visits on Renren.com. He is also an electronics hobbyist, and his most memorable project to date is a mechatronic diamond he designed when proposed to his wife several years ago.
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About Hesai Technology: Hesai Technology is a designer and manufacturer of laser sensors for robots and self-driving cars.
Hui Shen
CEO, Chairman, and Founder of WM Motor
Freeman Shen is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer at WM Motors. He is a senior executive with experience working with American, European, and Chinese companies and was a member of Hilite International in Germany and DSI in Australia. Other assignments included Senior Industrial Advisor of EQT, 3i, Partners Group as well as time spent as an advisory board member for SKF, and GIF. One of the very few Chinese executives recognized worldwide within the automotive industry.
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About WM Motor: WM Motor is an automotive company that designs, manufactures, develops, and markets battery-operated electric vehicles.
Xiaopeng He
Chairman / CEO of Xpeng Motors
He Xiaopeng is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of UCWeb Inc. and is in charge of the overall product design and R&D of the company. He has extensive working experience in foreign owned enterprises and as an entrepreneur. He and Liang Jie jointly founded UCWeb in 2004. Under their leadership, UCWeb’s product and technology has gained significant market share in China. In 2011, He and his team developed proprietary U3 engine, being the first proprietary technology developed in the mobile browser industry in China. Before joining UCWeb, He worked as Technology Manager, Testing Manager, and Project Manager at AsiaInfo Technologies (China) Co., Ltd. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from South China University of Technology in 1999.
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About HT Aero, Xpeng Motors: Xiaopeng Motors is an electric vehicle and technology company that designs and manufactures smart cars.
Changwu Zhang
Founder and CEO of LandSpace
Zhang Changwu is the founder and CEO of LandSpace, a Chinese company engaged in the development and operation of rockets.
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About LandSpace: LandSpace is a Chinese company engaged in the development and operation of rockets.
Archer Li
Founder & CEO of 51WORLD
Archer Li is taking care of the whole company in strategic and management aspect. Graduated from Chongqing University in 2007, Li join Modem Land (HK), a listed real estate group and became CEO of Firstcare, the property management company of Modem Land (HK) after years of work. Li founded 51HiTech late 2014, which is now a leading VIRIAR startup in China.
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About 51WORLD: Digital twin platform
Alex Shi
CEO of Banma Network Technologies
Alex Shi is the founder and CEO of Banma Network Technologies.
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About Banma Network Technologies: Banma Information Technology is an Internet car startup that opens up its AliOS in-car operating system to developers and carmakers.
Rui Cai
Co-founder & CEO of DeepMotion
Rui Cai is Co-founder & CEO at Deepmotion.ai.
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About DeepMotion: DeepMotion is an autonomous driving solution provider that includes an intelligent advanced driver assistance system.
Xi Wang
Founder and CEO of CalmCar Vision System
Wang Xi is CEO of CalmCar Vision System.
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About CalmCar Vision System: CalmCar enables deep learning based embedded system for complex road data recognition and localization.
Rui Tang
Founder and CEO of Zongmu
Rui Tang received his M.S. and B.S. degree from Tsinghua University. Prior to founding ZongMu, Mr. Rui Tang was Sr. Engineering Director for Automotive Business Group at CSR plc (now part of Qualcomm).
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About Zongmu: Zongmu Technology is a Chinese self-driving tech firm.
Gansha Wu
CEO & Co-Founder of UISEE
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About UISEE: UISEE provides leading-edge products on autonomous driving and transformative services on mobility on demand.
Kehan Tian
CEO of Light Theto
Dr. Kehan Tian is CEO at Light Theto Beijing Science and Technology Development Co. He is responsible for the company’s overall strategy, as well as technology development. Prior to the establishment of Yu Guang, 8 years of work in IBM, as (professor level) senior scientist / technical manager, with more than 50 patents for inventions. Tsinghua University has a master’s degree in precision instruments and master’s degree。
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About Light Theto: Reinlight is a diffraction optical solutions provider.
Yan Zhang
Founder & CEO of Mocar
Yan Zhang is a Founder & CEO at Mocar.
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About Mocar: Mocar is a chinese based Car maintenance startup company
Wenli Yang
Founder and CEO of Leadgen Technology
Wenli Yang is the founder and CEO of Leadgen Technology.
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About Leadgen Technology: Leading Technology is an AI based automotive company that makes autonomous self driving cars and vehicles.
Wang Lifeng
CEO of TOGO
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About TOGO: Togo is a Chinese company providing car-sharing services.
